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M. KYRASNYANIK.

WIRE CUTTER.

APPLICATEON FILED DEC. 16, l9l8.

PatentedSept. 30,1919.

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M. KRASNYAN|K.'

WIRE CUTTER.

APPLICATION FIL ED DEC. 16, I9lB., 1,317,632. Patented Sept. 50,1919.

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lVLIKE KRASNYANIK, OF BOSWELL, PENNSYLVANIA.

WIRE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 39, 1919,

Application filed December 16, 1918. Serial No. 267,024.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MIKE KRASNYANIK, a citizen of Ukraine, residing at Boswell, in the county of Somerset and State of Penn .sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVire-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

T he primary object of the invention is the provision of a ready means for cutting wires, the same being in the nature of an attachment for swords and bayonets and especially serviceable in cutting through barbed wire entanglements and similar barriers.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a wire cutting attachment for firearms operable in connection with the bayonet thereof and readily actuated from a point adjacent the stock of the firearm so that wires may be severed at a distance from the operator in charge of the same.

With these general objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rifle provided with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevational view of the muzzle portion of the rifle illustrating the wire cutter mounted upon the bayonet with parts broken away,

Figs. 4 and 5 are transverse sectional views taken upon lines IV-JV and V-V of Fig. 3,

Fig. 6 is an elevational view of the bayonet detached employed as a sword with the wire cutter slightly modified for use therewith,

F ig. 7 is a rear elevation thereof,

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view taken upon line VIII-VIII of Fig. 6,

Figs. 9 and 10 are enlarged sectional views taken upon lines IXIX and X-X respectively, of Fig. 6,

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the cutting member detached, and

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of a handle employed therewith for use upon a sword.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, a rifle is herein illustrated having the usual barrel 10 and stock 11, while a sword form of bayonet 12 is detachably mounted beneath the barrel 10 upon a block 13 carried bythe barrel, the blade 14 extending forwardly of the muzzle 15. I

A substantially triangular cutting blade 16 is pivoted upon the handle or hilt 17 of the sword bayonet 12 by means of a shank 18 pivoted-through the slot 19 of the hilt by means of a pin 20.

A spring 21 secured within the slot 19 normally bears against the shank 18 for holding the lower cutting edge 22 of the cutter 16 in its normal position at one side of the bayonet blade 14' as best illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

A rod 23 is pivoted as at 24: to a laterally projecting boss 25 at the free end of the shank 18, the said rod being slidably positioned through spaced guards 26 upon the barrel 10 and terminating in a. loop or handle 27 adjacent the stock 11. The rod 23 is slightly resilient to permit the same to shift the shank 18 during the longitudinal movement of the major portion of the rod 23 through the guides 26. In operation, the cutter 16 and blade 1A have spaced portions adapted for ready reception of a. wire such as 28 therebetween and upon ulling the rod 23 by means of the handle 2 the cutter 16 is forced toward the blade 14 in contact with the adjacent edge thereof providing a shearing action for cutting the wire 28. A spring 21 returns the cutter 16 to its normal position subsequent to each operation thereof. The bayonetsword is attached to the block 13 by. means of a substantially T-shaped slot 29 provided in the grip 30 of said hilt 17 and adapted to receive the correspondingly shaped end or head 81 of the block 13. A spring latch 32 is provided upon the grip 80 for engaging within a keeper notch 33 at the side of the head. 31. It will be seen that the soldier in charge of the rifle may readily pull the rod 23 while holding the rifle by means of the stock 11 so that the wire 28 may be cut at a distance in advance of the operator and without the necessity of touch ing the wires with the hands.

When the bayonet sword is removed from the block 13 the wire cutting blade 16 may be employed thereon as best illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings. An operating handle or lever 34 is rigidly secured to the free end of the boss 25 by means of a key bolt 35 extending through an opening 36 in the lever as well as through a bore 37 -when installed upon a rifle.

of the said boss By 'graspingthe grip I 30, the lever 34 may be pulled toward the same for shifting the cutter 16 in operative relation with the blade 14: for severing wires in the same manner as heretofore described in connection with the invention 7 A serviceable cutter is provided that is ready for instant use whenever desired while the same does not impair the usefulness of the, blade with which it is employed whether serving the purpose of a bayonet or sword.

'of, a cutter having a shank pivoted through said slot and in contact withthe front wall of the slot to limit the opening movement of the cutter, and with the cutter having a path of movement adjacent one edge ofthe blade 7 of the sword means within the slot adapted for normally maintaining the cutter in its open position with the shank'contacting the front wall of the slot, a boss projecting from the free end of the shank at the opposite side of the sword from the cutter and hand operating means for the cutter attached to said boss.

2. A wire cutter including a sword having a blade and a grip with aslot through the grip, a shank pivoted through said slot in engagement with the front wall thereof, and having a cutter provided with a path of movement at one side of said blade, normal positioning means within the slot engaging said shank to hold the same in engagement with said slot wall, a boss at the free end of the shank and operating means for the cutter attached to said boss.

- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

MIKE KRASNYANIK.

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